VCL's Varnish syntax highlighting for PHPStorm

Wed, Jul 23, 2014

If you are looking for
Varnish syntax highlighting for PHPStorm,
as per today, you won't find a plugin. This post is
not publishing a plugin for proper vcl syntax
highlighting but a quick hack to see some coloring.

Given the fact Varnish configuration files are very similar
to C I tried to associate the .vlc type to C files. It is
not rocket science but at least your eyes will hurt less. If you
want proper coloring then use the vim plugin for
Varnish.

In order to give it a try go to Settings -> File
Types and then add the *.vcl extension in the C type.

You can also try some other weirdo stuff, like SASS syntax. If
you find anything better inside PHPStorm please let us know.
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